1 Guy, 2 Looks: Uptown/Downtown

UPTOWN/DOWNTOWN

“Individuals alter their personal style from day to night, season to season, uptown to downtown, transforming to fit the occasion. The collection embraces this transformation through cuts and hairstyles that speak to the uptown chic and downtown edge that lives within each of us.”—Michael Shaun Corby

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UPTOWN

DOWNTOWN

UPTOWN/DOWNTOWN

“Individuals alter their personal style from day to night, season to season, uptown to downtown, transforming to fit the occasion. The collection embraces this transformation through cuts and hairstyles that speak to the uptown chic and downtown edge that lives within each of us.”—Michael Shaun Corby

DOWNTOWN

“Individuals alter their personal style from day to night, season to season, uptown to downtown, transforming to fit the occasion,” says Michael Shaun Corby, global creative director for Alterna. “The collection embraces this transformation through cuts and hairstyles that speak to the uptown chic and downtown edge that lives within each of us.”

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